Velocipede-seat



(No Model.

' I J.R.MONTAGUE.

VELOCIPEDE SEAT.

No. 544,625. Patented Aug. 13,1895.-

UNITED STA ES PATENT OFFICE, I

JOHN RICHARD MONTAGUE, OF'SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

V ELOCIPEDE-S EAT.

,SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,625, dated August 13,1895. Application filed February 20,1895. Serial No. 539,081. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN RICHARD MON- TAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipede-Seats, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention contemplates the production of a seat or saddle for velocipedes or bicycles which shall be comfortable, convenient, and easy for the rider, male or female, and which shall avoid injurious jars, shocks, strains, or stresses upon the parts of the rider adjacent to the seat, which ends I attain by the novel organization of instrumentalities hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which show my improvements embodied in a velocipedeseat in the best way now known to me, Figure 1 is a plan View of the under side of the seat. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the skeleton frame of the seat detached; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the under side of a modified form of the seat.

The drawings show the ordinary supporting-post A of a velocipede carrying a clamp B, adjustable in the usual ways and provided withv a locking-screw 1). Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a W-shaped skeleton saddle-frame 0, made of a single piece of spring-wire and provided with eyes 0, secured to the clamp by securing devices 0'. These eyes are on the adjacent inner ends of the upwardly-inclined diverging arms 0 which extend outwardly to the front and sides of the frame and then the frame, rests upon the central loop. A

cover E, preferably of leather, is secured in place by laces 01, passing through holes in the opposite edges of the plate D and in the inturned side edges of the cover. It'will be observed that the frame comprises the parallel central arms X, curved into a loop 0 at the front and diverging at their rear ends, where they are joined to the outer arms a,

which extend forwardly in the same horizontal plane withthe central arms to the front of the saddle and then. extend downwardly and rearwardly and converge toward the clamp B, which secures them to the, supporting-standard. The central loop is open at the der the spinal column 'of the rider, and the arms of the central loop and the outer framearms are arranged on opposite sides ofv the to produce a more pronounced pommel. This modification is not preferred, but simply illustrates the fact that some of my improvement may be applied to saddles of the usual shape. A smooth and firm but elastic seat is secured by my improvements, capable of yielding at each side to accommodate the movementof the legs, and readily permitting he rider to-sit farther backward or forward,

as may be found most convenient.

What I claim as new and as of my own invention is 1. A .velocipede skeleton saddle frame consisting of a single spring wire bent in a W- shape with the central loop in front and having its arms spread apart to leave an opening beverging supporting arms united with the outer arms of the frame which form continuations of the arms of the loop, in combination with a cover resting on the central loop, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a W-shaped spring wire saddle frame, having the arms of the central loop spread apart 'to leave an opening between them, a central seat plate resting thereon, a cover, and fastenin gs connecting thecover and seat plate, substantially as described. v

3, Thecombination with a flexible covering, of a spring wire saddle frame comprising the central arms spread apart and joined by tween them, and downwardly projecting, conrear end of the saddle, there is no cantleuna loop at their front ends, and diverging at their rear ends, outer arms joined to the rear ends of the central arms and extending forwardly therefrom in the same horizontal plane with the central arms, and downwardly extending, converging supportingarmsjoined to the front ends of the outer arms of the frame.

4. The combination with a flexible covering of a spring wire saddle frame comprising the central arms spread apart and joined by a loop at their front ends, and diverging at their rear ends, outer arms joined to the rear ends of the central arms and extending forwardly therefrom in the same horizontal plane with the central arms, downwardly extending, converging supporting arms joined to the front ends of the outer arms of the frame, and a plate interposed between the central arms of the frame and the cover.

5. The combination with a flexible covering, of a spring wire saddle frame comprising the central arms spread apart and joined by a loop at their front ends, and diverging at their rear ends, outer arms joined to the rear ends of the central arms and extending forwardly therefrom in the same horizontal plane with the central arms, downwardly extending, converging supporting arms joined to the front ends of the outer arms of the frame, a plate interposed between the central arms and the cover, and laces securing the opposite edges of the plate to the inturned edges of the cover.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN RICHARD MONTAGUE.

WVitnesses:

II. N. MARVIN, K. F. CASSIDY. 

